Obama's speechwriter

Pete Souza / White House

Jon Favreau and the president both think in terms of the cadence of the words, senior Obama advisor David Axelrod says. Not just the meaning of the words but ... how they work together, how they sound together.

Jon Favreau and the president both think in terms of the cadence of the words, senior Obama advisor David Axelrod says. Not just the meaning of the words but ... how they work together, how they sound together. (Pete Souza / White House)

Jon Favreau and the president both think in terms of the cadence of the words, senior Obama advisor David Axelrod says. Not just the meaning of the words but ... how they work together, how they sound together.